Bella + Canvas B8881 - Women's Flowy Boxy T-Shirt - Heather Dark Gray

The Bella + Canvas B8881 is the Women's Flowy Boxy Tee, the drapy sheer poly/viscose body in a loose, cropped boxy short-sleeve cut, and the blank a decorator reaches for when a women's fashion-tee program wants an oversized cropped silhouette with a soft retail drape and a short sleeve rather than the sleeveless boxy tank or the dolman cut of the flowy line. It is the tee for any decorated women's order pitched at a relaxed, fashion-forward look: boutique and resale lines, fitness and studio programs, festival and event merch, and the bachelorette, bridal-party and group runs that buy a soft draped cropped tee by the dozen. The body is a lightweight 3.7 oz of 65% polyester / 35% viscose spun to a fine 32 singles, the sheer drapy jersey that gives the flowy line its loose retail fall. The boxy fit cuts square and short for the cropped boxy look, the short sleeve keeps it an easy fashion tee, the side-seamed construction holds shape, and the tear-away label finishes it for resale. The size range runs S, M and L/XL. Most colours run the 65/35 solids, while the Heather Grey is 52/48 and the stripe colours are 70% rayon / 30% polyester.

The B8881 decorates as a poly-majority sheer body, not a cotton tee, which sets the method list and rules out the cotton routes; the short cropped panel also shapes where a print sits. For DTF, the transfer bonds to the poly/viscose face at a low-to-standard heat press, the standout and most forgiving route across the whole flowy colour range including the stripes; centre the artwork high on the short cropped panel and use a soft low-bulk film so the print moves with the drape rather than stiffening the loose body. For screen printing, the poly-majority fabric migrates under a hot cure, so run a low-bleed ink and a poly-blocking underbase, keep the deposit light and the cure moderate, and back the sheer panel so it does not distort on the press. For vinyl, a light flexible HTV presses at a lower temperature on the heat-sensitive sheer body, so keep the design small and centred high so it moves with the fall of the cropped tee. DTG does not apply, since the 65/35 poly/viscose body carries no cotton for the ink to bond to and the lightweight sheer face reads poorly. Water-based and discharge inks do not apply, since the poly and rayon body will not discharge. Embroidery does not apply, since the sheer drapy 3.7 oz cropped body is too light and loose to embroider without puckering and distortion. Sublimation is not a reliable route, since the viscose and rayon content does not hold disperse dye and most colours are not a white polyester substrate.

• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• Style: B8881 (Women's Flowy Boxy Tee)
• Fabric: 65% polyester / 35% viscose, 32 singles (Heather Grey 52/48; stripe colours 70% rayon / 30% polyester)
• Weight: 3.7 oz/yd2
• Construction: Sheer drapy flowy jersey, relaxed boxy fit, cropped body length, short sleeve, side-seamed, tear-away label.
• Fit: Women's relaxed drapy boxy fit, cropped length, short sleeve
• Sizes: S, M, L/XL
• Colors available: 11 colours across solids, heathers and stripes including neons (check current availability on the product page)
• Ordering: available by the piece or by the case; confirm current packing per case for your colour and size before a large order
• Care: Machine wash cold, gentle. Hang dry or tumble dry low.

The reorder note specific to this style: treat it as a poly-majority fashion body, so default to DTF for clean colour across the whole range and centre the print high on the short cropped panel rather than reusing a full-length file. Hold a light deposit and a low cure on any screen run because of the poly migration, and lay a poly-blocking underbase on the stripes. Cross-shop the Bella + Canvas 8880 Women's Flowy Boxy Tank to run the same cropped boxy cut sleeveless, and step across to the Bella + Canvas 8821 Women's Flowy Draped Sleeve Dolman Tee when a draped dolman sleeve decides the order over the boxy crop. TheClothingSpace stocks the B8881 at wholesale pricing with bulk discounts that increase as case and unit quantities rise, among the lowest prices online for this style, with fast US shipping on stocked colours.

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